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Chair Farías asks CHS about contraceptives and pregnancy termination options

New York City Council · Oct 27, 2026 · starts 1:31:06 · 33 sec

Farías asks whether women are offered contraceptives before release and whether pregnant people can choose termination. Nancy Farias says reproductive health encounters include contraceptive options and positive pregnancy tests include options.

Amanda C. Farías

And then for correctional health services, are women routinely offered the option to get a contraceptive, such as birth control, before release?

Nancy Farias

So, yeah, at their reproductive health encounters, they would get offered.

Nancy Farias

So our patients get scheduled accordingly as well.

Amanda C. Farías

Do we offer all the options, like an IUD versus taking the pill versus the double shot?

Amanda C. Farías

Okay.

Amanda C. Farías

If there's a positive test for pregnancy at a screening, is the pregnant person given the option to terminate?

Amanda C. Farías

Great.